Planning for a Junior Park Run at Castle Park
Castle Park Trust is looking for volunteers to help organise and run a regular 9am Sunday morning Junior Park Run at Castle Park, Frodsham. Junior Park Runs are for youngsters aged between 4-14 and...
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Election Observation mission to Turkey
Last week I was in Ankara monitoring the local government elections in Turkey. I led a 22 strong team made up of representatives from 20 of the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe. The Council...
View ArticleElection results
Well we've had the Bank Holiday weekend to let the dust settle on our local government elections. Here's my take on what happened locally.First though, a note of personal thanks and gratitude. Thank...
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Car Parking charges in Frodsham
A week is a long time in politics and it certainly feels so to us. It’s just a week since the votes for the local elections were counted. Lynn and I are delighted to have been re-elected to serve as...
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Questions and Motions to Council
Between us Lynn and I have tabled three motions and four questions ahead of CWaC's first council meeting on Tuesday 21 May.The three motions tabled relate to:Car Parking charges - and invites the new...
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Two cheers for the Halton Curve.
The Halton Curve is open to two-way traffic for the first time since 1975. It was the last time we had a regular two-way passenger rail service connecting Frodsham with Liverpool. We should all...
View ArticleCar Parking Charges and the state of our roads
Since our re-election Lynn and I have been pushing hard to have our roads repaired. We've had the now annual crisis to ensure that Howey Lane is in a reasonable state to allow the downhll run to take...
View ArticleThe re-run of the Istanbul Mayoral election
I was honoured to be asked back to Turkey to lead the only international team to monitor the re-run of the Istanbul municipal election. Istanbul is an incredible city with over 10.5 million voters...
View ArticleWhat’s in a lanyard?
On 5 July 2019 Cheshire’s Police and Crime Panel, or more particularly the Labour Councillors on the panel who hold the majority, passed a vote of no confidence in its Chairman Bob Fousert. This was...
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Congratulations Frodsham Community Association
Wow, what a weekend for the Community Association. They're celebrating their 50th birthday with a weekend of wonderful activities. Their celebrations were capped off today with the presentation of...
View ArticleIn Memoriam - Hon Alderman Marie Birkenhead
She who would valiant be...At Cheshire West and Chester Council meeting tonight the council unanimously adopted a resolution commemorating and celebrating Marie Birkenhead’s inspirational life. We...
View ArticleWaste collections over Christmas
CWaC has just published its waste collection arrangements for the Christmas period.Normal collection date Revised collection dateMonday, 23 December 2019 Saturday, 21 December...
View ArticleSetting the council tax - round 1 - Frodsham Town Council
As I hope most people in Frodsham know our council tax makes payments to four authorities - namley:Cheshire West and Chester Council;Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner;Cheshire Fire and Rescue...
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Frodsham Castle Park Junior parkrun
Work on preparing our Castle Park Junior Parkrun continues apace. We are all looking forward to seeing our youngsters (age range 4-14 (and up to 364 days)) enjoying a 2km run on a Sunday morning.We...
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As part of our preparations for Frodsham Castle Park Junior Parkrun the following consultation letter will be hand delivered this week to:All houses on:Alvanley TerraceHowey LaneFountain LaneNetherton...
View ArticleSetting the council tax for Frodsham round 1A
Frodsham Town Councillors have been summoned to an extraordinary meeting of the council to re-set its budget and its share of the council tax.Apparently there has been a mistake. FTC had requested...
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Preparing the ground for the Junior Parkrun
Preparation for the Junior Parkrun for Castle Park continue. Having received permission from the council's Parks team Lynn and I spent some time yesterday improving the cut-through from the Main Drive...
View ArticleSetting the council tax for Frodsham part 2 - Police and Crime Commissioner
At this morning's Police and Crime Panel we considered the Police and Crime Commissioner's budget proposals for the next financial year. The Commissioner was seeking to raise the precept, to raise the...
View ArticleSetting the council tax for Frodsham - part 3 the Fire Authority
Today the Fire Authority will set their element of the council tax. The proposals before Cheshire Fire Authority is to increase the precept (ie the council tax) by 1.99%. If given approval a Band D...
View ArticleSetting the council tax for Frodsham Part 4
Yesterday evening Cheshire West and Chester Council ('CWaC') set its portion of the council tax for the next financial year. As CWaC was the fourth and final precepting body we also now know the total...
View ArticleHave your say on community transport - 3rd March at the Community Centre
Community Transport in Cheshire West and Chester provides transport for residents who are unable to access conventional public transport, including residents attending day centres.The council provides...
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Corona Virus stats for CWaC
Some sobering statistics about Covid-19 in the Borough that were published yesterday.This first chart shows the total deaths in the Borough per week in the period week ending 3 January to the week...
View ArticleHow long it 'temporary?' The tale of Frodsham's Household Waste Recycling Centre
CWaC's planning committee yesterday granted CWaC retrospective temporary planning permission authorising the Household Waste Recycling Centre to remain at Frodsham Railway Station for another 15...
View ArticleSo long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
I always knew this day would come - however when musing about how my spell as a councillor representing Frodsham would come to an end I never imagined it would involve a move to the Falkland Islands!...
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Frodsham Leisure Centre - Is the Council really listening
If actions speak louder than words, we have to assume not when it comes to long overdue investment in local sport and leisure.If the Council had been listening, they would be in little doubt what local...
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